Invite Card

When I started my invite card, I had no idea what I was going to do but my current idea has come from a idea of the board, I read the word Miniatures of the board and then I researched them online, I was very impressed by the detail and skill that went into these painting and how personal they were. Miniature Portraits were very popular in history but were very popular in the 18th century and 19th century before photography. The paintings are very tradional as they are usually similar to photographs.
I decided that I would use this idea for my invite card because I felt that it would make the invite card more personal and would relate it to art as it had to be painted.
I next had to decide what I would do this on,
I also needed to decide who these portraits would be off.
I first thought of the all the students in the classes but the idea was not popular. I then decided I would try an example, so I used Grayson Perry's portrait of the wall and then copied it and then looked at another photo of him to finish. I then decided that I would paint artists that people had heard of.
Tracey emin was the next artist I decided to paint, she too was on the wall of the class. So I decided I would paint her but I felt that one I did of her was much better than my first. The Minitures I did were on post it notes as I thought that for my final peice I could make an invite card that could be taken apart and parts of it kept.

I thought that if the text was on the other post it note it could be kept as a reminder of the date. I also thought that underneith the post it notes could be a pattern that looked at art and graphic design, I have looked at stained glass as a idea.

In the process of making this design I thought it would be hard to recreate the portraits but I liked the idea because I felt it made it more than just an invite card. I like the idea that something was made by an art student and painted.
I think the post it note works as they can be swapped to the artist you prefer and can be changed about and taken off. One problem with this however is if they lose their stick and just fall off. another fault is if you put it in a bag the post it notes may bend; they were not made to last forver, so I may need to rethink the stick option
I think this gives post it notes a good usage as they are often just thrown in the bin after leaving a reminder but are also personal if left with a compliment on them.

Some of the other portraits are above. I found oil paint worked best for these minitures. I used water colour on the bottom one which was meant to be picasso in black and white.
I think my best one was of Frida Kahlo I used a round shape and blue for the back ground which is often used in miniatures.